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Niculae Filip Rareș
2×2 · top 18.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024RARE01
Niculae Filip Rareș has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at Bucharest Cubing April B 2024, puts him in the top 18.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 218th in Romania. Across 7 competitions since February 2024, he has put 175 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.72 in February 2024 to 16.59, a 16% improvement. Niculae has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Romania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 5.70 | top 18.9% | 218 / 1,219 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.64 | 9.31 | top 25.0% | 202 / 830 | |
| 3×3 | 16.59 | 21.81 | top 29.8% | 368 / 1,581 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.48 | 1:53.58 | top 72.3% | 345 / 582 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.87 | 1:06.25 | top 75.7% | 275 / 415 | |
| Square-1 | 49.70 | 54.62 | top 75.9% | 110 / 159 | |
| Clock | 26.48 | 29.11 | top 79.3% | 138 / 190 | |
| 5×5 | 4:42.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 202 / 225 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing April B 2024.
- 17 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bucharest Cubing March B 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024First competition: Bucharest Cubing February B 2024. A 21.52 3×3 single to start from.
- 18 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.72 at Bucharest Cubing February B 2024.
Competitions
- Bucharest Funky Warm Up 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing July 2024 · 27 Jul 2024
- Bucharest Cubing June 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bucharest Cubing May B 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Bucharest Cubing April B 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing March B 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bucharest Cubing February B 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Ramy Ștefan Taleb — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Petre Emilian — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Victor Anton Stoica — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.